**To get status information for the configuration recorder** The following command returns the status of the default configuration recorder:: aws configservice describe-configuration-recorder-status Output:: { "ConfigurationRecordersStatus": [ { "name": "default", "lastStatus": "SUCCESS", "recording": true, "lastStatusChangeTime": 1452193834.344, "lastStartTime": 1441039997.819, "lastStopTime": 1441039992.835 } ] }